Combination-faucet.



C. G. ANDEBSON. COMBINATION FAUCET. APPLICATION mm mnao. I911;

Patented June 26, 1917.

CARL G. annnnson, or DULUTH, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF r0 JOHN nonoom), or DULUTH, MINNESOTA.

COMBINATION-FAUCET.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 26, 1917. I

Application filed January 30, 1917. Serial No. 145,381.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL G. ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Duluth, in the county of St. Louis and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new andfaucet and drinking fountain adapted for use as a hot or cold water faucet or a drinking fountain, as desired.

The principal object is to produce such a device of the simplest possible construction and one easy of application and adjustment to suit circumstances.

Another object is to provide as sanitary argcll practical a drinking fountain asposs1 e.

.Other objects and advantages will appear in the further description of the invention and illustrated in the accompanying drawings forming part of this application and in which like reference characters indicate like parts.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the improved combination faucet.

Fig. 2 is a vertical central sectional view of same.

Figs. 3, 4 and 5 are horizontal sectional views through the valve showing the relative position of the parts in different'adjustments of the valve.

The faucet is Y-shaped in plan view comprising the substantially cylindrical body portion 1, the two pipe connecting arms or branches 2 and 3, converging toward the body portion and formed integral therewith, and the forwardly extending discharge member 4, which terminates in the downwardly curved nozzle 5 through which water .is discharged as in the common faucet, said forwardly extending portion is also formed integral withthe body 1. Y

' A drinking nozzle 6 is screw threadedly mounted within the upper wall of the member 4 and spaced a suitable distance from the body'l to admit of unobstructed access to the nozzle fordrinking purposes and is attached in the manner described for the urpose of ready removal for cleanmg or or removing entirely, and substituting therefor a plug when the drinking nozzle is not desired.

Each branch 2 and 3 terminates in a screw threaded portion 7 for connection with the hot and cold water supply pipes when the supply pipes occur in line therewith, but in the event of the pipes being opposed to each other, I provide auxiliary connecting means in the form of an internally screw threaded hole 8 formed in a suitable projecting boss 9 upon the side of each branch.

' When the direct end connections are employed, the lateral holes 88 will be plugged and when the faucet is connected by making use of the lateral holes, then the end holes will be stopped by suitable caps or plugs, not shown, thus I have provided convenient means for attachment to various arrangements of water terminals.

The body 1 of the faucet is bored out from the upper flat face 10 thereof downwardly forming a deep cylindrical aperture 11 therein into which is revolubly fitted the tapered plug or spigot valve 12 it having an operating stem 13 formed integral therewith. The valve 12 is somewhat less in height than the depth of the aperture in which it is supported by contacting the side walls thereof, it being normally slightly above the bottom of the aperture and considerably below the top. That portion of the side walls of the aperture above the upper endof'the valve 12-is screw threaded and has similarly fitted therein the adjusting inverted U-shaped plug 14 whichmay be tightened or loosened for proper working of the valve as is obvious, the lower edge of the plug impinging the upper circumferential edge of the valve.

To prevent the valve unduly seating within the aperture by revolving'action thereof,

Iprovide a metal spring washer, 15, placedll within a suitable circular recess 16, the washer havmg an upwardly projecting resilient tongue 17 constantly impinging the bottom of the valve 12 and producing an upward thrust thereagainst.

Upon the upper end of the stem 13Jis.

fixed in any desired manner as for example by the screw 18and washer 19, a suitable handle 20, which is employed in turning the valve.

i That portion 21 of the shank intermediate I the handle 20.and the top of the plug 14 is squared and carries loosely fitted thereupon the indicator of pointer 22, the free downwardly curved end 23 of which extends to a point adjacent the annular circumferential edge of the face of the body 1. Upon the face 10 and in proper radial positions are suitable markings as indicated at 24 to designate the position of the valve for ac complishing the results desired and in accorda-nee with which the handle may be intelligently adjusted. I

The faucet has four'separate water passages therein, two indicated by the numerals 25 and '26 for admitting cold and hot water respectively and of identically the slight inclination toward the nozzle .5 to

prevent water unduly rushing upwardly .therethrough when the nozzle 5 alone isdischarging. j

' The valve 12 has, formed therein a peculiarly shaped transverse aperture designed to communicate with and control the fiow of. water through the passages in the faucet, and which aperture has four discharge and receiving ports indicated at 30, 31, 32 and 33.

In forming the aperture in the valve as illustrated three vertically disposed different shaped partition walls 34, 35 and 36 are formed about the aperture and which walls act as closures to the passageways.

during the various adjustments ofthe valve.

. A radially andupWardly extending bypass 37 is formed in the valve 12 and provides communication between the aperture in the. valve and the fountain. passage: 28 when proper adjustment is made'therefor as illusv trated in Figs. 1,- 2 and 3. In this adjust- Y which will allow the water to pass freely through the aperture in'the valve, the by-. pass- 37 and passage 28 to the fountain 6..

A mentthe wall 35 acts as a closure to'the hot water passage 26 and the port 30 opens communication with the'cold water passage 25 The slight leak throughthebypass 29 at such times will not materially interfere with the action of the-drinking? fountain and at Witnesses:

this adjustment of the valve the wall 36 closes communication between the aperture in the valve and the passage 27, as clearly illustrated.

To close the faucet entirely, the handle '20 is brought to a neutral position between the two branches 2 and 3 with the indicator at stop The'position. of valve in such instances is illustrated in F ig.4, and in Fig. 5 the valve is illustrated as being open to discharge an equal amount of hot and cold water through the faucet nozzle 5.

It is not considered necessary to describe in detail other adjustments or modifications thereof, and it is obvious that the proportions of hot or cold water in the discharge may be varied by slight movement of the valve. I

It is evident that various changes in the details of construction and operation of the device may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A combination faucet comprising a main discharge and a fountain discharge, a spigot within the faucet, a chamber within the. spigot having three different sized radially disposed openings, a discharge opening in the'spigot communicating with the upper end of the chamber and adapted to communicate with the fountain discharge, and means for adjustingthe spigot to regulate the flow through either discharge, substan ti'ally as and for the purpose described.

-2. The combination with a faucet as described, having a spigot valve therein, a main discharge nozzle, a fountain nozzle and an indicator plate concentric with the the stem and impinging the valve, a pointer carried upon the squared portion of the stem and arched downwardly toward the invalve, of a stem for the valve partly square in cross section, a threaded nut surrounding dicator plate, means whereby the turning of the valve in accord withthe indicatorwill I through themaindischarge nozzle, or cold direct either hot or cold water or both water through the fountain nozzle substantiall'y as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereuntoafiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

" CARL G. ANDERSON.

JoHN NORGARD, S. G120. STEVENS. 

